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Two dozen 1975 batch IPS short-listed !
Over two dozen 1975 batch IPS officers are believed to have been short-listed for the empanelment to the rank of ADG in the Government of India. Empanelment meeting is expected to take place in the last week of this month. Those who are to be considered for empanelment include Mssrs B K Gupta (UT), A K Mohanty(AP), R V Raju(J&K), Neel Mani and Yashwant Malhotra (Bihar), R M S Brar (Gujarat), S C Sinha,Dr John V George and Vipin Kumar (Haryana), Jacob Punnoose and R K Medhekar (Kerala), Vijay Raman and H K Sareen( MP), P P Shrivastava (Maharashtra), A B Mathur and Pranay Sinha(Manipur-Tripura), Anil Kaushik (Punjab), K V S Gopalkrishnan, K Vijay Kumar and R Natraj (NatilNadu), Karamveer Singh,B C Nayak and O P S Malik (UP), A B Lal (Uttaranchal) and R Bagchi and Anil Kumar (West Bengal).

Prasad to get a change !
It is widely believed in the corridors of power that Secretary Minority Affairs M N Prasad will get a change this month. He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Achari gets extension

Secretary General of the Lok Sabha P D T Achari has been granted two year's extension.His tenure was coming to an end next month.
( We said this on April 7 )

Ruchi Ghanshyam to be Ambassador Ivory Coast
Ruchi Ghanshyam is being moved to Ivory Coast as India's new Ambassador. She is 1982 batch IFS officer.

Khatua to be JS in MEA
Ambassador to Ivory Coast Amrendra Khatua is all set to join the Ministry of External Affairs as Joint Secretary. He is 1981 batch IFS officer.

Mishra is new Joint Secretary Defence
S N Mishra is new Joint Secretary (HAL), in the Ministry of Defence .He is an IDAS officer.

Jainder Singh to join in First week of June
Secretary Information Technology in the Government of India Jainder Singh is re-joining in the first week of June.1972 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer Jainder Singh had reportedly proceeded on long leave after a tiff with the then IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran.

No decision on IIPA
Justice J S Verma Committee is reported to have taken no decision over the appointment of the new Director of the Indian Institution of Public Administration(IIPA),.

Mukesh Sharma to be Director DD Pune !
Director Doordarshan Kendra Mukesh Sharma is likely to be shifted to the Doordarshan Kendra Pune.

Rahul Sharma to be DIG CBI in Mumbai
Rahul Sharma on his promotion as DIG in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), has been transferred from Gandhinagar to Bombay. He is an IPS of 1992 batch Gujarat cadre.

Now school, College land to Pvt sector in Rajasthan
Anxious to provide more and more benefit to the private sector vis-à-vis land mafia, Rajasthan government is now said to be contemplating to provide surplus land of schools and colleges to the private sector. True, when there is not intention to encourage education in the state, what is the use of keeping land in the name of schools and colleges.

Kumar to be JS Agriculture
KN Kumar will join as Joint Secretary Agriculture on June 1. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Lahari selected for ombudsman
Name of S Lahari is believed to have been cleared for the post of Ombudsman Income-Tax. He is 1972 batch IRS officer. He is likely to be posted in Bhopal.

Baharti is Chairman of RRB Ajmer
Chaman Lal Baharti is new Chairman of the Raiway Recruitment Board (RRB), Ajmer.

Michael Newbill to join in July
Michael Newbill is successor to William Klein as Political Economic Officer in the Mumbai based US consultate. Newbill who is currently in Washington will assume charge in July 2007.WlliamKlein has sent to Ukraine.

Justice Kurup appointed Chairman
The Government has approved the appointment of Dr. Justice K. Narayana Kurup as Chairman of the Wage Board for Working Journalists and the Wage Board for Non-Working Journalists. Dr. Justice K. Narayana Kurup is a former Judge of Kerala High Court and has also served as the Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court.

Sahni appointed Secretary of Wage Board
K.M. Sahni, former Labour Secretary, has been appointed as Member Secretary of the Wage Board for working Journalists . He is 1969 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Mayawati for non politician as President

Uttar Padesh Chief Minister & BSP Supremo Miss Mayawati has reportedly confided with her close persons that she would like to support a non political candidate for prestigious President's post. For this first ever Dalit Chief Justice of India (CJI) Mr. Justice K.G.Balkrishnan will be the most suitable incumbent. Congress may also find it very difficult to oppose this candidate. She has convened a meeting of party people to mull over the issue on May 25; 2007.Prior to that she will be touring Delhi on May 24.

Chidambaram wins accolades

The Corporate houses, industrialists & chartered accountants (CAs) in Mumbai have started congratulating Indian Finance Minister P.Chidambaram for posting most professionally competent IT officers in Mumbai.Corporate majors like Tata, Reliance & Birla have hailed the effort of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax-1, Mumbai for bringing about a sea change in a very short span of time in Mumbai.

BSP unlikely to support Shekhawat

Satish Chandra Mishra Close confidante & cabinet colleague of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Miss Mayawati has reportedly told Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat that the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will not be able to support him for the President's post.

. UNAIDS chief to seek MP CM's help

Dr Denis Broun, UNAIDS chief in India is going to seek help of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to re launch sex education for students of schools in MP.Dr.Broun has advocated a strong need for imparting sex education in MP schools. Last month sex education was withdrawn from MP Government run schools. He said that the course could be dove tailed keeping mind accepted norms of the society.However; he said "ignorance is not something which will protect them (students) against consequences of AIDS". More sex was being hinted in television programmes, pointed out Dr.Broun.

IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh
There is another IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh. New postings are :- Mssrs Manjeet Singh Principal Secretary Irrigation,Harminder Raj Singh Principal Secretary Excise,Kapil Dev Principal Secretary Labour,Jai Shankar Mishra Principal Secretary Small Scale Industries,G P Verma Principal Secretary Science and Technology,S N Shukla Registrar Cooperative Societies,R K Tiwari Transport Commissioner,Chanchal Kumar Tiwari Commissioner Land Records,Amrit Abhijat Director Mandi,Alok Sinha IG Stams Allahabad,Anant Kumar Singh DG Jails and Ravindra Nayak Director Health Services.

Paswan is Acting DGP of Chhattisgarh
S K Paswan has been appointed acting DGP of Chhattisgarh. He is 1978 batch IPS officers.The post has fallen vacant following sudden demise of DGP O P Rathore.

IAS changes in Punjab
R L Mehta will be Additional Registrar Cooperative Societies.V K Meena will take over as DC Faridkot.Rakhee Gupta Bhandari has been made Director Child and Women Welfare.B Purkayastha will be ADC Roopnagar and Kavita Chauhan will be SDM Roopnagar.

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Simplicity is the word of new Cabinet Secretary

The appointment of K M Chandrasekhar as a Cabinet Secretary is a welcome one. Simplicity is the word of Chandrasekhar. Loved by one and all and loved by his peers. Wishing him the very best in his new assignment. Best Wishes once again.
Mani

Merger is a wise decision
This is a very wise decision. But the work on MSME should also be addressed proactively through a team of dynamic Officers from different cadres. Otherwise India will be a late runner.
Dr P C Mishra

Contribution of Satish Dhawan is great
Your contribution by Satish Dhawan is great. Though we tell ourselves to be PATIENT with our parents, at times we are not. I feel a pang of guilt and shame when I read about how to behave with parents. More so because I lost my temper with my mother today morning. I realised my mistake when I read this piece. I would not have been what I am without her love, affection motivation and support. She used to be up early morning prepare lunch and breakfast and go for work and be back to receive us from school. She sacrificed her career as a doctor to be there for us.
Now she is old but mentally alert. Still we expect her to be the same old mother. We have forgotten now we should take care of her.
Thanks, a lot Satish Dhawan. You made my day and reminded me of my responsibility.
Ratnaprabha

Really wonderful
This is something really wonderful. I admire Col. Satish Dewan for his series of thought-provoking TPs
S G S Panicker

Well done Dhawan
Perhaps the best of Dhawan's good articles so far I have read(about parents),. Well done sir
A Muralidharan
Keep it up

This presents the present situation very well in a humorous vein! Keep it up!
H G Obhroi

There is only a change in UP
As regards ,Brahmins only have brains its blatant lie, in UP Mulayam singh lost because of his wrong doing and not because of Brahmins voting to BSP. In UP the combination of engine and its boggie (dalits and brahmins), is same as it used to be the only thing that has changed is engine & boggie
P Sahay

Aaj Ki Aawaz

UPA's third anniversary….. no reason to celebrate,
Every reason to introspect and debate!!

UPA is in deep recession!!!!
Successive losses should have made UPA go into a deep depression,

Manmohan is slated to present UPA Report Card,
Teacher's remark: UPA needs to work real hard!!!

People are disillusioned with UPA and there is no fortune revival in sight,
Abh UPA ko reality karr rahi hai bite!!!

And now with prospective losses in Goa , Delhi and Gujarath staring UPA in the face,
Feel for the worst UPA apne aap ko karre brace!!!

What's done UPA in???
Why against UPA there is a rising din?????

First is coalition majboori….. Laloo, Pawar, Karuna demands,
And mind you the demands were more like commands!!!

Then the Commie gun pointing at UPA…. threatening to shoot down the Alliance,
Even the slightest disagreement is taken as blatant defiance!!!

UPA's trouble started when prices spiralled and UPA could not bring prices down,
Though with all the buttons UPA did clown!!!

Then comes UPA's lopsided polices of appeasement …. OBC and minority majority,
UPA failed in making its OBC and Muslim Sorority!!

This all out appeasement attitude has done UPA in,
As despite the all out appeasing UPA has not been able to win!!!

We have a PM who has to take concurrence on decisions and Ministers go over his head,
Way things are with Sonia as PM Manmohan should have been DPM cum FM instead!

Imagine now even when it comes to his Cabinet PM has no say!!!
Now Sonia or Allies decide who joins, leaves or continues to stay!!!!

If UPA has to be graded then it's a C plus…….borderline pass,
And UPA has to realize that if this continues it'll be thrown out of the class!!!

So at the UPA Third Anniversary celebrations only bitter stuff should be dished up!!!
Karela juice should be added to all the food they are going to sup!!!

Big B and family are going to be back in the news because of their Barabanki land,
In another controversy they are going to land!!

The land Big B and family have been given is meant for the landless!!!
Mulayam Sarkaar deciphered 'landless' as less land or land less !!!

Maya's going to fix the SP gang good and proper,
And in being fixed Amar will be the topper!!!!

Maya should take law and order to be her top priority ….. jurrum karro kumm,
Should go after goons even though the goons in her Party express their gumm!!!

First law and order and then bijli, health and sadak,
On law and order Maya needs to be ek dum kadak!!!

And Bhenji itni jaldi kyon hai aap ko Dilli jaane ki!!!
UP pe concentrate karro bahut kuch karna hai Bhenji!!

Congress is back to its games in Punjab…..Project discredit and topple has kicked off,
First create problems , instigate and then scoff!!

Why didn't the Dera Chief commence his Jaam e Insaaniyat during Amrinder's rule??
Congress is using Dera Chief as a tool!!!

Litmus test of Congress's game will be know when CBI submits its report to Court,
In Sirsa itself Dera Chief's piety locals karte hai retort!!!

As Punjab burns from the cool environs he's in abroad Sukhbir should come back,
If he doesn't commitment to Punjab he sure does lack!!!

Though it's a dream but Narayan Murthy as President would make India proud,
As it is he stands out in the notional Presidential candidates crowd!!!

But alas this time seems the Politicos want one of their own and not an outsider,
This time its obvious that this is the rider!!!!

Tendulkar says that senior players should have a say in new Coach's selection,
Tomorrow team may say this should be done by election!!!

After Tendu got a century against Bangladesh his ego and head bloated once more,
And with his squeaky talk once again karre ga humm sabh ko bore!!!

If we get a imported Coach then we should get an imported BCCI Board,
And both BCCI can well afford!!!

If previous Coach failed the Board failed even more!!!

Bharat Kumar

Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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New equations in Bollywood

Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan & Ajay Devgan are joining hands with a major corporate house to produce films in Hindi & foreign languages.

Major setback to India in oil sector

ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) & Mittals joint venture seems to have developed a habit of losing bids while bidding for oilfields abroad. What is intriguing is that the joint venture lost bids in Russia, Kazakhstan & now Azerbaijan. After OVL losing some of these bids Mittals were able to acquire these fields independent of OVL.In fact the last bid at Azerbaijan was leaked in Azerbaijan newspaper 24 hours before submission of bid. The exact bid amount was

Baijalwar takes charge

S.B.Baijalwar General Manager (GM) in State Bank of India (SBI) has assumed the charge of Bhopal circle on Monday. Earlier he was Deputy General Manager (IT Networking) in Mumbai located head office of the SBI.

SAIL's Q4 net profit Rs.1902 crore, up 72 per cent

Strong demand for steel, market-driven product-mix, higher value-added special steel production and improved techno-economic parameters helped Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), to achieve a record turnover of Rs. 11,534 crore during the Q4 of FY '07, an increase of 14% over the corresponding period of the previous year (CPPY),. During the quarter, the company achieved a PBT of Rs. 2,925 crore - 133% higher than CPPY. SAIL's Q4 PAT at Rs. 1,902 crore has also been 72% higher than CPPY.

With this the company achieved an all-time high annual turnover of Rs. 39,189 crore and highest-ever profit before tax (PBT), of Rs. 9,423 crore during 2006-07. The company's audited financial results for FY '07, which were taken on record by the SAIL Board of Directors here today, showed a net profit of Rs. 6,202 crore â€" an increase of 55%. SAIL also achieved the distinction of becoming the first company in the metals sector to cross market capitalisation of Rs. 50,000 crore.

The SAIL Board has recommended a dividend of 31% on paid-up equity amounting to over Rs. 1,280 crore, including the 16% interim dividend paid in March 2007, for the company's shareholders.

The company recorded highest-ever saleable steel production of 3.25 million tonnes (MT), during January-March 2007, taking annual production to a new peak of 12.6 MT during FY '07. Total sales of 11.9 MT during the year - a growth of 5% over the previous year - was also a new record. The company continued with its strategy of utilising the available potential of existing units and optimising production of value-added products during the year.

The company expanded its marketing network to cover 527 of the 603 districts in the country during 2006-07. So far SAIL has appointed 650 dealers in these districts. 16 new warehouses and 12 customer contact offices were also opened during the year to extend reach of SAIL's branded products for the benefit of small users.

A total of 6,588 employees were separated naturally/voluntarily from the company's service during 2006-07, bringing down SAIL's manpower further to a level of 132,973 as on 31 st March 2007. However, provision made for increase in salary outgo, increase in dearness allowance, leave encashment, LTC, etc., during the year impacted the company's bottomline by over Rs. 900 crore.

The year 2006-07 has been a landmark year for the company, with modernisation & expansion schemes totalling Rs. 23,500 crore having been approved by the SAIL Board in a single year, mainly for ISP, Bokaro and Salem Steel Plants. The total value of projects already taken up for ordering/implementation has gone up to Rs. 38,000 crore. In addition, the company also took the decision to expand capacity of the power plant at Bokaro Steel Plant by 500 MW as joint venture of SAIL and DVC. Another power project of similar capacity is currently under implementation by SAIL-NTPC JV company at Bhilai and will be commissioned this year. SAIL also signed a shareholder's agreement with Jaiprakash Industries for setting up a 2.2 MT cement plant at Bhilai and Satna using slag generated by at Bhilai.

Commenting on the company's financial performance, Mr. S.K. Roongta, Chairman, SAIL, said: "The results are a reflection of the inner strengths of SAIL and its workforce, and we are determined to make optimum use of our resources. Together, SAIL is fully geared up to implement its modernisation & expansion plans to meet the growing demand for steel in the country."

R.K.Tyagi is new CMD,Pawanhans
R.K.Tyagi has assumed the charge of Chairman cum Managing Director of Pawanhans Helicoptres Ltd.Earlier he was head of Air Logistics in ONGC.

Chopra is President of GEC

Tejpreet Singh Chopra has been appointed by the General Electric Company as the President and Chief Executive Officer for its Indian division.